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StarCraft 2 Beta |OT| (Beta Now Reopen, GL HF)
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BlueScrote
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I've played 3 games so far as terran, but unfortunately haven't had much of a chance to play around with the new units too much.
InsertCredit
Member
Better step your game up :lolraphier said:
theMrCravens
Member
This is pretty frustrating, but only because this is yet another Blizzard beta I haven't been accepted from the start.
I've applied to all of them since Starcraft.
I've applied to all of them since Starcraft.
BishopLamont
Banned
God damn why didn't I sign up for the beta :/
EDIT: I see I made a mistake. I meant that Broodwar was slower.Zzoram said:
I have to experience it myself, but looking how 5 zealots are able to take down the building so fast in beta, I think it's even faster how they would take down same in broodwar. The overall "Damaging" feels like everything has less health than before.
On the otherside, the mineral-gathering is now even faster thanks to larger setup at the beginning of the game.
Caesar III
Member
This!BishopLamont said:
I didn't bother so much that I did not create a Battle.net account.
I did this now but my games are gone. I don't know where they are but I own all of them except WoW. FUCK
raphier said:I honestly don't know anymore
On the otherside, the mineral-gathering is now even faster thanks to larger setup at the beginning of the game.
Starcraft 2 may not be faster, but smoother animations may create the feeling of greater speed.
Your wish is my command.miladesn said:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC0.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC1.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC2.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC3.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC4.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC5.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC6.jpg
The gamma appears to be a bit darker than they really are in these shows, which actually gives the game better depth than the default settings in games, heh.
Right here.jett said:
Anyway, time for bed as it's nearly midnight here, but I will post some more shots tomorrow.
BishopLamont
Banned
I actually bothered to create a Battle.net "account", registered my Starcraft and both Warcraft III + expansion, but at that time there was no beta opt-in for SC2. God damn.Caesar III said:
Are we allowed to talk about "pirating" the beta?
Dwight Schrute
Member
Do they send you a mail or do you have to go and check your Bnet account ?
Yes, although with only a 1.46GB download, something tells me this is not representative of what we'll see come release, so don't fret if you're not blown away.jsrv said:
That said, this is a Blizzard game so they usually go for high compatibility, AND the animation is top notch, something you can't really do justice with in screenshots.
I just checked my battle.net account. Frankly I didn't expect to be accepted yet as they said the US would be first in, but hey.JonStark said:
dallow_bg said:
Anyway, oops, I had a few more shots that I forgot to upload:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC7.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC8.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC9.jpg
Some new interviews on G4
http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/7...ta-With-These-Exclusive-Video-Interviews.html
Nothing ground-breaking, just going over alot of the b.net features and stuff.
http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/7...ta-With-These-Exclusive-Video-Interviews.html
Nothing ground-breaking, just going over alot of the b.net features and stuff.
Caesar III
Member
BishopLamont said:
I don't get why I cannot prepurchase SC2 already. I would instantly do that TBH.
I think it's because of the fiscal year calculating stuff. In April the Preorder will be up, mark my words
@ stop it: can I use your shots to upload to my webpage?
BlueScrote
Member
Pacey said:
It is kind of obnoxious, but I don't know if any other games with a "mouse like cursor" behave "correctly" in that circumstance, i.e. not grabbing the mouse context.
If nobody else hasn't done it by tomorrow, I'll be glad to do so.jsrv said:
Seriously though, I can see where the work has been put into, the UI is near perfect, the animation is incredible. I can live with these graphics frankly, especially at the FPS the game pulls. I was pushing some serious units by the end and although the FPS counter said 50, it was still as smooth as silk.
So far, so good, but I haven't ventured online properly yet, I'll do that tomorrow, and probably get severely pummelled, heh.
Sure thing.Caesar III said:
Neverwinter27
Member
It looks like a 1up.com vs Giantbomb match might happen guys
mescalineeyes
Banned
first time ever I am bummed about me having a mac. goddamnit.
Caesar III
Member
thx pal.Stop It said:
I like the music <3
Oh and I'll never play this game online I think
Minsc
Gold Member
Stop It said:
Anyway, oops, I had a few more shots that I forgot to upload:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC7.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC8.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stopit.tidyup/SC9.jpg
Thanks for the shots, no beta for me,
What's the biggest battle you ran in to, and did FRAPS drop from 60 (even for a split second)? I would imagine a GTX 275 would be sufficient to max the game, but I have no idea when there's like 300 zerglings on the screen at once with explosions etc, if it'd drop a bit.
DoW II definitely doesn't hold 60 maxed in the heat of things (not even on a 5870), so SC2 are looking to be a little lighter.
I'd be curious if you forced 8xAA through nVidia's drivers if it had any effect on the framerate too! Sorry for all the quiestions, don't feel the least bit obligated to get to them, if I were you I'd just be playing and not even posting here!
I love the 3D animated models for selected units, so glad to see they kept those, they add so much polish to the feeling of the game for me.
Edit: I see you responded about the large # of units above, so if you have a chance, just curious how 8xAA treats your framerates.
Minsc said:Thanks for the shots, no beta for me,
What's the biggest battle you ran in to, and did FRAPS drop from 60 (even for a split second)? I would imagine a GTX 275 would be sufficient to max the game, but I have no idea when there's like 300 zerglings on the screen at once with explosions etc, if it'd drop a bit.
DoW II definitely doesn't hold 60 maxed in the heat of things (not even on a 5870), so SC2 are looking to be a little lighter.
I'd be curious if you forced 8xAA through nVidia's drivers if it had any effect on the framerate too! Sorry for all the quiestions, don't feel the least bit obligated to get to them, if I were you I'd just be playing and not even posting here!
I love the 3D animated models for selected units, so glad to see they kept those, they add so much polish to the feeling of the game for me.
Edit: I see you responded about the large # of units above, so if you have a chance, just curious how 8xAA treats your framerates.
Grr, let me sleep people!!
Anyway, yes, when things get hectic the FPS does dip. HOWEVER, the smoothness of the game is not affected in any way, I barely noticed a slowdown so far.
As for AA, I tried nHancer (8xS Combined SSAA/MSAA using the enhance game setting option), no dice as AA clearly didn't work. I'll try again tomorrow but forcing an override instead, hopefully that'll get the jaggies gone, I'lll report back with performance etc when I do.